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Decaliter

Decaliter \Dec"a*li`ter\, Decalitre \Dec"a*li`tre\, n. [F. d['e]calitre; Gr. de`ka ten + F. litre. See Liter.] A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is, 2.642 wine gallons.

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decaliter

n. (alternative spelling of decalitre from=US English)

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decaliter

n. a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters [syn: dekaliter, dekalitre, decalitre, dal, dkl]

Usage examples of "decaliter".

Final inertial guidance corrections, final target processing, opening of the missile silo's twin steel muzzle shutters, retraction of all service ports, arms, and umbilicals, and preparation of the twin one thousand decaliter chemical reagent vessels for the turbo-powered cold-launch mixing process.

A spectacular explosion sent a column of flames a hundred meters into the night sky as the fires finally found the twenty-five million decaliters of diesel fuel still in the LST's storage tanks.